The PHES battery does not detect all cirrhotic patients with early neurological deficits, which are different in different patients.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS:The psychometric hepatic encephalopathy score (PHES) is the "gold standard" for minimal hepatic encephalopathy (MHE) diagnosis. Some reports suggest that some cirrhotic patients "without" MHE according to PHES show neurological deficits and other reports that...

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Main Authors: Carla Giménez-Garzó, Juan José Garcés, Amparo Urios, Alba Mangas-Losada, Raquel García-García, Olga González-López, Remedios Giner-Durán, Desamparados Escudero-García, Miguel Angel Serra, Emilio Soria, Vicente Felipo, Carmina Montoliu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5287470?pdf=render